Plural Flanges Interconnected To Form A Skirt Patents (Class 229/145)
  • Patent number: 5503326
    Abstract: A carton for containing ice cream has cover, top, rear, bottom and front panels and right and left end flaps on each of the cover, top, rear, bottom and front panels. The bottom panel end flaps are designed to be folded to seal the end of the carton such that the upper edges of those bottom panel end flaps contact lines of juncture between the top panel and the top panel end flaps. The bottom panel end flaps have a line of weakness adjacent the upper edge which permits bending of that flap when ice cream in the carton expands. The front panel end flaps overlie the bottom panel end flaps when the carton is sealed, but the upper edge of the front panel end flaps is below the line of weakness on the bottom panel end flaps so as not to interfere with the bowing of the bottom panel end flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Field Container Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Donald B. Stonehouse
  • Patent number: 5474231
    Abstract: This invention relates to a paperboard blank for forming a carton. The blank comprises top, rear, bottom and front panels hingedly connected in the order named. End wall-forming flaps are hingedly connected to right and left ends of the main panels. Non-linear edges are provided on middle end flaps which define adhesive ports in cooperation with the exterior surface of inner end flaps. A single glue line is deposited or caulked along the non-linear edge to provide secure end walls for a finished carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fold-Pak Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 5409160
    Abstract: A blank for forming a carton is provided. The blank comprises top, rear, bottom, front and cover panels hingedly connected in the order named. End wall-forming flaps are hingedly connected to bottom and top ends of the main panels. An offset portion or score line is formed in the rear panel end flaps. All score lines, offset portions, perforations and breakaway features are formed in the same direction with reference to the paperboard stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Fold-Pak Corporation
    Inventor: Karl F. DeMay
  • Patent number: 5364020
    Abstract: A shipping display case is provided which employs attenuated side panels to take advantage of the compressive strength contribution of contained articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Vinod Bansal
  • Patent number: 5351881
    Abstract: A blank for forming a carton is provided. The blank comprises top, rear, bottom, front and cover panels hingedly connected in the order named. End wall-forming flaps are hingedly connected to bottom and top ends of the main panels. An offset portion or score line is formed in the rear panel end flaps. All score lines, offset portions, perforations and breakaway features are formed in the same direction with reference to the paperboard stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Fold-Pak Corporation
    Inventor: Karl F. DeMay
  • Patent number: 5322215
    Abstract: The present invention is a reclosable carton in the form of a rectangular box, having opposed parallel substantially single layer front and rear walls, opposed parallel substantially single layer side walls and a closed bottom end forming a carton body. The carton includes a top end flip-top reclosable hood. The hood includes a hood skirt and is formed by an outside main hood panel foldably connected to the carton body, an inside hood panel foldably and severably connected to the front carton wall and including a transverse fold line defining a front hood skirt panel, and two minor hood forming flaps foldably and severably connected to the carton side walls and foldably connected to the inside hood panel. The transverse fold line extends collinearly across the side panels and the carton is provided with an opening tear strip extending completely across the hood forming panels and flaps and parallel to the transverse fold line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Waldorf Corporation
    Inventor: Harry I. Roccaforte
  • Patent number: 5321379
    Abstract: This transformer comprises a tank containing insulating liquid and an amorphous alloy core within the liquid comprising spaced-apart upper and lower yokes and two spaced-apart legs at opposite ends of the yokes. Coil structure surrounds the legs, locating the yokes outside the coil structure and locating the legs within two windows of the coil structure. A box-like enclosure primarily of electrical insulating material encloses the lower yoke and is positioned to capture therein chips of amorphous alloy that might become detached from the core and fall toward the bottom of the tank.A first portion of the box-like enclosure extends between the two windows of the coil structure and is held against the bottom of the coil structure. This first portion includes flaps that are folded upwardly into the two coil windows to form liners for these windows, but still leaving clearance space within the windows around the core legs through which detached chips may fall past the liners into the box portion of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Duane L. Martin, Donald E. Ballard, Alan R. Traut, Rob McClellan
  • Patent number: 5307987
    Abstract: The present invention is a recloseable hooded carton, particularly useful for containing granular material such as soap powder or the like. The carton is generally rectangular, having front and rear walls, opposed side walls, a closed bottom structure, and a top opening structure including a recloseable hood. An integral handle is provided for carrying the carton before and after opening the hood. A blank for forming the present invention is encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Waldorf Corporation
    Inventor: Harry I. Roccaforte
  • Patent number: 5297727
    Abstract: The present carton has a tear strip that is fully removed from the carton when the carton is opened. This is the case since the tear strip and associated adhesive is only across the front panel and the two pendant side flaps. It is not across the rear panel to which the lid remains hingedly attached after opening. In addition the side flaps attached to the front and rear panels are of a size of essentially that of the side of the carton which provides the carton with additional stacking strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Inventor: Murray J. Brioux
  • Patent number: 5288012
    Abstract: A blank for forming a carton is provided. The blank comprises top, rear, bottom, front and cover panels hingedly connected in the order named. End wall-forming flaps are hingedly connected to bottom and top ends of the main panels. An offset portion or score line is formed in the rear panel end flaps. All score lines, offset portions, perforations and breakaway features are formed in the same direction with reference to the paperboard stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Fold-Pak Corporation
    Inventor: Karl F. DeMay
  • Patent number: 5269457
    Abstract: A collapsible, paperboard waste container that is particularly suitable to use for the receipt and retention of waste material such as medical waste. The container has a pair of integral, nesting, inner and outer covers with aligned covered openings that serve to prevent waste material from coming out of the container accidentally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Carlos de la Fuente
  • Patent number: 5205478
    Abstract: A disposable enclosed container is provided which is loaded with product from an end and accessed through a hooded top for dispensing of product. An end construction comprising a leading minor flap panel, a trailing minor flap panel, an inner major flap panel, an intermediate minor flap panel, and an outer major flap panel allows a blank to be assembled into a sleeve for loading of product and to be subsequently assembled into a container which may be opened into a tray and hooded top for dispensing of product. An apparatus for erecting and loading the sleeve, and then assembling the ends of the sleeve to form the container is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Rock-Tenn Company
    Inventors: Henry Wiscusen, III, Jerry A. Garmon
  • Patent number: 5145109
    Abstract: A unitary, light-tight, self-locking, flip-top package, for securely containing light-sensitive material, which comprises (1) a closable and openable rectanguloid box having bottom, front, rear, and opposite end walls and (2) a mating lid having a top wall movably connected to the box rear wall, with front and opposite end walls depending therefrom in close confronting relation to the corresponding box walls. The box and lid walls are all formed from a single paperboard blank that is specially configured with various panels, flaps, and tabs adapted to be readily folded into close interlocking relationships, to provide a unitary, light-tight, flip-top package which can also be readily unfolded and stored in flat condition for reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Luke T. Faulstick
  • Patent number: 5141151
    Abstract: A unitary light-tight flip-top package, for securely containing light-sensitive material, comprises (1) a closable and openable rectanguloid box having bottom, front, rear, and opposite end walls and (2) a mating lid having a top wall movably connected to the box rear wall, with front and opposite end walls depending therefrom in close confronting relation to the corresponding box walls. The box and the lid walls are all formed from a single paperboard blank that is specially configured with various panels and flaps adapted to be folded into close cooperative relationships providing the unitary light-tight flip-top package desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Luke T. Faulstick
  • Patent number: 5033622
    Abstract: A carton for packaging ice cream or the like, one embodiment of which includes front, rear and bottom panels. A lid is operably associated with the front, rear and bottom panels for forming a hollow tube having first and second open ends. The lid includes a cover panel and means for securing the cover panel to one of the front, rear and bottom panels. A first set of end flaps are operably associated with the first open end of the hollow tube for sealing the first open end. A second set of end flaps are operably associated with the second open end of the hollow tube for sealing the second open end. The first set of end flaps include at least first and second end flaps, the first end flap is offset inwardly of the second end flap. A first membrane flap extends from the second end flap of the first set of end flaps and inwardly toward the second set of end flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Paperboard Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. DePasquale, Patricia A. Josephs
  • Patent number: 4985932
    Abstract: An improved food spill catching device (10) with folded straps (12) mounted in a tray portion 10c for attaching the device around the neck of a person is described. The device is preferably provided by forming the straps 12 and trays (10b and 10c) separately as preforms (20 and 30) which are then assembled and formed into the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Inventor: William J. Bezdek
  • Patent number: 4979669
    Abstract: A container including a one-piece folded body. The container includes a central portion divided into a bottom section, a rear section and a top section. First and second foldable hinges extend across the central section, substantially parallel to each other. The first and second hinges separate the bottom section from the rear section and the rear section from the top section, respectively. A side section adjoins the central section and is foldable along a first foldable crease perpendicular to the first and second hinges. The first foldable crease separates the side section from a bottom side section, rear section from a rear side section and the top section from a top side section. A crease is formed in the rear side section. A crease is also formed in the top side section. The creases in the rear and top side sections are substantially parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Inventor: Michael Kerton
  • Patent number: 4872609
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a blank and carton for packaging ice cream or the like comprising hingedly connected cover, rear, bottom and front panels. Left and right end flaps extending from each of the cover, rear, bottom and front panel end flaps. A pocket means formed in each of the carton ends for receiving a portion of the cover panel end flaps adjacent the rear panel for reforming the carton subsequent to the initial opening thereof. The pocket means includes rear panel end flaps forming exterior liners and the corresponding front and bottom panel end flaps forming interior liners. Membrane flaps are hingedly connected to the front panel and left and right front panel end flaps for forming a substantially continuous lip along a portion of the outer periphery of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Somerville Packaging Corporation
    Inventor: Richard E. DePaul
  • Patent number: 4838432
    Abstract: A carton for packaging ice cream and the like comprising a receptacle including operably connected front, bottom and rear panels. A cover having a cover panel and a closure flap is hingedly connected to the receptacle for sealing the carton. The front, bottom, rear and cover panels each have left and right end flaps operably connected to their left and right edges. The end flaps are dimensioned such that upon folding they form substantially sealed left and right cartons ends. In the preferred embodiment, a breakaway tab is detachably formed in the cover panel end flap. The front surface of the breakaway tab is secured to the rear panel end flap so as to minimize any gaps between the end flaps forming the carton ends. The breakaway tab extends through only a portion of the thickness of the cover panel end flap. Upon initial opening of the carton, the breakaway tab is severed from the cover panel end flap permitting the consumer to readily gain access to the contents of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Somerville Packaging Corporation
    Inventor: Richard E. DePaul
  • Patent number: 4819864
    Abstract: A carton for packaging ice cream and the like is disclosed comprising a receptacle, including front, bottom, rear, and cover panels hingely connected in series. The cover panel includes a closure flap having means for securing to the front panel. The panels include left and right end flaps hingely connected to the respective panels. The end flaps are dimensioned to form a substantially sealed right and left ends of the carton. Hinge line shoulders formed inwardly are provided for lateral support to the bottom panel end flaps in the folded position and prevent the end flaps from folding in further into the carton from a substantially perpendicular position with the bottom panel. The front and rear edges of the bottom panel end flaps are tapered such that they engage with the hingeline shoulders in the erected position and prevents bowing to the front and rear panels of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Rolph-Clark-Stone Packaging Corp.
    Inventor: Frank G. Capuano
  • Patent number: 4809907
    Abstract: A slot-less, one-piece container formed of scored cardboard, or its equivalent, the shape of such container being sustained by locking flaps which form interference fits with contiguous side-wall members and one of which simultaneously overlaps bellows-folded joining members between side members to keep the side-wall members in normal relationship to a base member, the locking flaps being in opposing pairs, each pair having a pair of abutting end members, one pair of end members lying on the base portion and the other pair of end members lying on the cover portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Inventor: Karen J. Langer
  • Patent number: 4763832
    Abstract: A carton for food products or the like comprises a combination lid and tray with a bottom locking means for securing the lid and tray when the carton is closed. The bottom locking means comprises a locking tongue integral with an extended portion of the lid component which engages a locking slot formed in the bottom of the tray component. The locking tongue comprises a tab element formed as a part of a flap foldably attached to an extension of the front wall of the lid. The locking slot comprises a cut out formed substantially along the fold line between the bottom wall and front wall of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Hampton E. Forbes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4757902
    Abstract: A carton for packaging ice cream and the like comprising a receptacle including operably connected front, bottom and rear panels. A cover having a cover panel and a closure flap is hingedly connected to the receptacle for sealing the carton. The front, bottom, rear, and cover panels each have left and right end flaps operably connected to their left and right edges. The end flaps are dimensioned such that upon folding they form substantially sealed left and right carton ends. In the preferred embodiment, a breakaway tab is detachably formed in the cover panel end flap. The front surface of the breakaway tab is secured to the rear panel end flap so as to minimize any gaps between the end flaps forming the carton ends. Upon initial opening of the carton, the breakaway tab is severed from the cover panel end flap permitting the consumer to readily gain access to the contents of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Rolph-Clark-Stone Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Jack E. Hutchinson, Paul J. Donohie, Richard E. DePaul, Frank G. Capauano, Robert J. McCormick
  • Patent number: 4712689
    Abstract: A carton for packaging ice cream, having several novel features, including full bottom panel end flaps which have a recess along a major portion of the outer marginal edge thereof which underlies the carton cover panel and front panel end flaps which have, along the upper edges thereof, lips coinciding with the recesses in the bottom panel full end flaps, and rear panel end flaps which overlie the other flaps and are secured thereto by single lines of adhesive extending along the edges of the front panel end flaps and up to the cover panel end flap lower edges or up onto the cover panel end flaps, depending upon whether or not the rear panel end flaps comprise breakaway tabs to be adhesively secured to the cover panel end flaps, as well as additional advantageous features, carton blanks and tubes for producing the same, and method of closing the carton ends, are all disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 4712726
    Abstract: A gift-wrap box having a body member and a cover member which may be hinged thereto is folded from a blank of paperboard so that when the box is closed the box ends give the appearance of being wrapped with a separate piece of wrapping paper. If the box has square ends the box ends expose a pair of isosceles triangles aligned at their apexes. If the box has rectangular ends the box ends expose a pair of isosceles triangles or trapezoids which overlap, either completely or partially. The exterior surface of the blank may be colored or decorated to resemble gift wrapping paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Inventor: Kenneth Fonas
  • Patent number: 4711367
    Abstract: A portable trash container for holding a removable plastic bag for storing paper, bottles, cans, and like trash. The container includes a body member having a rectangular cavity with a hinged cover and a reinforced bottom. The bag is inserted into the cavity and the open end of the bag is folded over the top perimeter of the body member. The bag is held in place when part of the open end of the bag is slid into inwardly directed slots located at the junction between the rear wall of the body member and the cover. The container is coupled to a fixed object by a pair of straps which have a first end joined to the rear wall and a second end having an elongated cross head. The cross heads extend through slots in the rear wall of the body member to form a loop around the fixed object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Inventor: Robert V. Albertson
  • Patent number: 4632301
    Abstract: A storage container blank for articulation into a wedding gown box container for the long term storage of gowns in a manner which prevents the entry of dust and other contaminants into the container, thus preserving the gown. A series of operably joined panels form a lower storage container cavity and an additional series of integrated operably joined panels form an upper storage container cover capable of telescopically covering the cavity upon articulation. The lower storage container cavity includes integrated contaminant barrier elements to preclude the entry of dust and other contaminants therewithin. In one embodiment an inspection insert panel is preliminarily placed over the gown within the lower storage container cavity before positioning of the upper storage container cover portion over the lower storage container cavity to enclose same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Lincoln Packaging Corp.
    Inventor: Donald H. Slack